Vine lifter



May 1927- v s. AGEE VINE LIFTER Filed Oct 50. 1924 ave-"T01 -Patented May 3, 1927.

I v enonen s. AGEE, or nonrevmw, wasnmeron.

VINE ENTER.

4 application filed. mm- 30, 1924. Serial No. 748,842.

This invention relates t; a wheel shield or guard to be used as a vine lifter.

The object of the inventionjis to so construct and mount a shield of this character that it will pick up at the surface trailing plants and vines and prevent them from being crushed by the wheels of the lawn mower or other implement to which the device is attached.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thel description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood .7 that changes in the precise embodiment of :latin'g them, A skirt 13 depends from theouter edge of the strip 11 and extends down the invention herein disclosed maylbe made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a -lawn. mower equipped with this improved wheel shield or vine protector;

Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof; and v Fig. 3 is a detail perspective of the shield.

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The shieldor vine lifter 1O whichis shown applied to a lawn mower is designed for use on the respective wheels,'being made ri ht and left otherwise they are constructed alike and hence oneonl'y will be described'in de- The lawn ,mo' er 1 on which'this guard 10 is mounted is of ordinaryv construction 35' 'blades'3and handle 4.

' having the usual ground wheels 2, cutting The guards or-shields 10 'one of which i mounted on eachwheel com rises a sheet metal hood in the form of-a w eel frim protectin strip ll curved longitudinally and .exten ed at its frontto form a gradually sloping flat'nose 12 which is designed when in operative position to run along in front of the wheel adjacent and arallel with the ground and o erates to li trailin ventmg the wheels from cutting'and muti;

prefer-ab y just below the axis of the wheel as is shown'clearly in ;Fig. 1 and inclines downwardly and forwardly at its lower edge merging into said nose, said edge being provided with a laterally .and outward y extending flange 13 which assists in lifting bracket arm 18 is provided with. a plurality I vines. and hints an throw'them to one s1 e prevines to be protected and prevents them from getting under the edge of the shield or guard.

As shown this protective hood 10' is mounted on the 'mower by means of a longitudinal rearwardly extending arm 14 bifurcated at its free end to form clamping jaws 15 and 16 which are designed to straddle the handle 4 or rather the bar constituting a part of said handle and which is secured thereto by a bolt having a wing nut 17 which when tightened will draw the jaws together. and securepthe device to the handle. An auxihary fastening or supporting device is shown in the form of a bracket 18 secured to the rim member 11 and extending laterally from its inner edge being bent downwardly and outwardly and secured to the mower frame by suitable. bolts. L This of longitudinally spaced apertures 19 to provide for the vertical adjustability of the hood 10.

- NVhenthe shield is used in connection with a lawn mower the nose 12 is adjusted to run just above the ground although the nose can be arranged in other positions rela tive to the ground when so desired. The

rim protecting strip 11 should be wide enough to thoroughly cover the rim of the wheel in connection with which the device is used and the s irt or hoodfl? shouldoextend as low as desir d, just below the axle of the wheel when used on lawn mowers.

, This shield may. be readily added to or removed from an im lement without interfering with any of t e other parts of the implement and when in use will efl'ectively lift and throw aside trailing vines and plants preventing the wheels of the imple-- 'ment from passing over and crushing them.

1'. A vine lifting attachment of the class described comprising a, wheel rim protecting strip mergin forwardly extending nose and having a stud extending from one side edge thereof and,

equipped at its lower edge. with a laterally and outwardly extendingfian e, said attachm'ent having means for detac ably connect- 105 ing it to a wheel supported implement.

2. A vine lifting attachment of the class described comprising a rim protecting strip merging at its front end into a nose and having a skirtextending from, one side no at its front end into a 1 thereof, clamping jaws carried by said vine lifting attachment for detachable engagement with the frame of the implement in connection with which it is to be used, and a brace extending at right angles to said jaws for detachable engagement with the implement frame.

3. A device of the class described comprising a rim protecting strip of a width suflicient to completely shield the rim in connection with which the device-is to be used, said strip being curved downwardly and forwardly and terminating in a gradir ally sloping nose, a skirt secured to the outer edge of said strip, clamping jaws extending rearwardly from the rear end of said strip, and an attaching bracket extending from the inner ends of the strip downwardly and outwardly and having means for adjustably connecting it with an implement frame.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto .aifixed my signature.

GEORGE s. AGEE. 

